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As the spread of Ebola continues outside of West Africa to the United States and Europe, the death toll continues to increase and more cases arise forcing areas outside thew outbreak zone to take preventative measures and contain the virus. On Friday, the infected nursing assistant, Teresa Romero who tested positive Monday for Ebola, according to a spokeswoman for Madrid's regional health agency said on conditions of anonymity, was scheduled to start a round of the experimental anti-Ebola drug ZMapp after Spain obtained some of the drug, the Associated Press reports, Spain: Ebola nurse "stable" after serious downturn. Spanish Prime Minister Marian Rajoy visited the Madrid hospital where the nurse is being treated on Friday despite harsh criticism from unions and oppositions politicians claiming that the nation's health system provided substandard high risk disease training and protective gear to doctors, nurses and ambulance personnel. Rajoy did announce Spain will set up a high level special commission to prevent an outbreak of Ebola that will meet daily, additionally he praised Spanish health care workers and said the World Health Organization thinks "the risk is very low that this disease will spread in the future" in Spain and Europe. Romero, 44, is the first person known to have caught the disease outside West Africa in the current Ebola outbreak. She was helping to care for a Spanish priest infected in West Africa who died at the hospital on Sept. 25. Health authorities suspect she may have been infected after touching her gloved hand to her face while taking off protective gear. Romero's husband is also quarantined, along with a nurse who displayed possible symptoms but tested negative for Ebola in a first test and will undergo a second one. Ten people who came into contact with Romero checked themselves into the hospital voluntarily for observation for 21 days instead of staying at home. On Wednesday, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. died despite intense but delayed treatment, forcing the government to expand airport examinations to guard against the spread of Ebola, the Associated Press reports, US Ebola patient dies; airport screening expanded. The checks will include taking the temperatures of hundreds of travelers arriving from West Africa at five major American airports. The new screenings will begin Saturday at New York's JFK International Airport and then expand to Washington Dulles and the international airports in Atlanta, Chicago and Newark. An estimated 150 people per day will be checked, using high-tech thermometers that don't touch the skin. The White House said the fever checks would reach more than 9 of 10 travelers to the U.S. from the three heaviest-hit countries – Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. A delay in diagnosis and treatment for Duncan and the infection of a Spanish nurse have raised worries about Western nations' ability to stop the disease. Obama via teleconference with mayors and local officials said: "As we saw in Dallas, we don't have a lot of margin for error. If we don't follow protocols and procedures that are put in place, then we're putting folks in our communities at risk." AP reports that health authorities scrambled to respond to the disease Wednesday:
– "In Spain, doctors said they may have figured out how a nurse became the first person infected outside of West Africa in this outbreak. Teresa Romero said she remembered once touching her face with her glove after leaving the quarantine room where an Ebola victim was being treated. Romero's condition was stable.
-A social media campaign and a protest by Spanish animal rights activists failed to save Romero's dog, Excalibur. The pet was euthanized under court order out of fear it might harbor the Ebola virus.
– In Sierra Leone, burial teams returned to their work of picking up the bodies of Ebola victims, after a one-day strike to demand overdue hazard pay.
– Health workers in neighboring Liberia also were threatening a strike if their demands for more money and personal protective gear are not met by the end of the week. The average health worker salary is currently below $500 per month, even for the most highly trained staff.
-The World Bank estimated that the economic toll of the largest Ebola outbreak in history could reach $32.6 billion if the disease continues to spread through next year.
In Washington, Secretary of State John Kerry made a plea for more nations to contribute to the effort to stop the disease ravaging West Africa, saying the international effort was $300 million short of what's needed. He said nations must step up quickly with a wide range of support, from doctors and mobile medical labs to basic humanitarian aid such as food."
Meanwhile, the hardest hit countries have seen a dramatic increase in casualties due to the Ebola outbreak and children orphaned by the deadly virus are now struggling more than ever before to survive. Liberia, a country with large, deeply religious, families, an aunty or relative usually takes in a child who lost a parent, but Ebola has changed that bond for fear of contagion and death, Krista Larson reports, How Children Orphaned By Ebola Fight For Survival. According to the U.N. children's agency, at least 3,700 children across Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone have lost one or more parents to Ebola and the figure is expected to double by mid-October with many children left to fend for themselves and continue to live in infected homes. ON Friday, the U.N. special envoy on Ebola said the number of cases is probably doubling every three to four weeks and without a mass global mobilization "the world will have to live with the Ebola virus forever," Edith M. Lederer reports, UN envoy: Ebola cases doubling every 3-4 weeks. David Nabarro told the U.N. General Assembly the response needed to be 20 times greater. U.N. Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson said in order to counteract the exponential growth of the virus, a massive scale up of financial resources, medical staff and equipment is needed. Unfortunately, only one quarter of the $1 billion the U.N. agencies have appealed for to tackle the disease has been funded. Eliasson told diplomats from most of the 193 U.N. member states, "I now appeal to all member states to act generously and swiftly. Speed is of the essence. A contribution within days is more important than a larger contribution within weeks." Nabarro, a 35 year public heath veteran dealing with disease outbreaks and pandemics, has never encountered the challenge of such an outbreak that has moved from rural areas into towns and cities that is now "affecting a whole region and … impacting on the whole world." Anthony Banbury, head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response, warned that a failure to help Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea – the three worst affected countries – "while we have the chance could lead to unpredictable but very dire consequences for the people of the countries and well beyond." He added, "As long as there is one case of Ebola in any one of these countries, no country is safe from the dangers posed by this deadly virus." Both Nabarro and Banbury cited the importance of traditional burial practices in the West African countries, noting that this is a time when the bodies of Ebola victims are most toxic and any touching can transmit the disease. Banbury said, "To defeat the virus we will have to change behavior. We are late, but it is not too late to fight and win this battle." According to the Geneva based U.N. agency, the World Health Organization, reports 4,033 confirmed, probable or suspected Ebola deaths have been recorded. All but nine are int he three hardest hit countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea with eight of those in Nigeria and one in the United States. The defeat of Sirleaf's proposal in the House of Representatives came as U.S. military forces worked on building a hospital for stricken health workers in Liberia, the country that has been hit hardest by the epidemic. Liberian Lawmakers rejected the president's proposal to give her further power to restrict movement and public gatherings and the authority to appropriate property "without payment of any kind or any further judicial process" to combat Ebola. Liberia has 2,316 recorded deaths due to Ebola, which is the most of any country as the WHO reports. Sirleaf's government imposed a three-month state of emergency beginning Aug. 6, but critics have accused the Nobel Peace Prize winner's approach to fighting Ebola since then as ineffective and heavy handed. In August, a quarantine of Monrovia's largest shantytown sparked unrest and was derided as counterproductive before being lifted. The Committee to Protect Journalists has accused Sirleaf's government of trying to silence media outlets criticizing its conduct. Meanwhile, the U.S. military was rushing to set up a 25-bed hospital to treat health workers who may contract Ebola. The arrival of 100 U.S. Marines on Thursday brings to just over 300 the total number of American troops in Liberia. The Marines and their aircraft will help with air transportation and ferrying of supplies, overcoming road congestion in Monrovia and bad roads outside the capital, said Capt. R. Carter Langston, spokesman for the U.S. mission. A priority will be transporting building materials to treatment unit sites. The U.S. has said it will oversee construction of 17 treatment units with 100 beds each. The 101st Airborne Division is expected to deploy 700 troops by late October and the U.S. may send up to 4,000 soldiers to help with the Ebola crisis, depending on what is needed. In Mali, a health ministry spokesman said two more people had begun participating in the first phase of a study for a possible Ebola vaccine. Mali has not had any cases of Ebola, but it borders the outbreak zone. University of Maryland researchers announced Thursday that the first study of a possible vaccine was underway, and that three health care workers in Mali had received the experimental shots developed by the U.S. government. Health ministry spokesman Markatie Daou said, "Today, we are at five people vaccinated. We envision vaccinating between 20 and 40 people for this first phase and the results are expected next month."
While the world battles and struggles to control the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, ISIS also known as the Islamic State continues to besiege strategic towns on the border of Syria raising concern and criticism over Turkey's lack of action and the effectiveness of the U.S. coalition. According to Akbar Shahid Ahmed, 3 New Findings On ISIS Weapons That You Should Know About, the Islamic State militants are wielding arms manufactured in 21 different countries including the U.S. a new report released Monday reports. Ahmed reports: "The study of ammunition captured during the Islamic State's battles with Kurdish forces in northern Iraq and Syria in July and August highlights the diverse array of arms sources fueling the extremist group, also known as ISIS. Investigators from the arms monitoring group Conflict Armament Research cataloged more than 1,700 bullet cartridges by their country of origin and their date of manufacture. The report says most of the related arms appear to have been seized by ISIS from opposing forces — from national armies to foreign-backed rebel groups across Syria and Iraq." James Bevan, Director of the European Union funded Conflict Armament Research, told the New York Times, "The lesson learned here is that the defense and security forces that have been supplied ammunition by external nations really don't have the capacity to maintain custody of that ammunition." As the article states, three key takeaways from the report are as follows:
1. Most of the Islamic State's arms ultimately came from China, Russia and the U.S.
"Two of the biggest sources of the militants' weaponry, the report says, are supplies wrested from the Syrian army, which possesses a significant stock of Soviet- and Russian-made arms that is still being replenished, and supplies captured in Iraq, many of which were made in America.
Between them, China, Russia, the now-defunct Soviet Union, the U.S. and Serbia provided more than 80 percent of the ammunition in the sample collected, according to a New York Times analysis of the report."
2. Some militants in Syria are learning how to make weapons more difficult to trace.
"Numerous former U.S. officials told the Center for Public Integrity that they are already skeptical that the new supplies of U.S. weapons heading to certain Syrian rebel groups — whose arming was approved by Congress last month — will be safe from the Islamic State's hands.
Keeping track of weaponry is unlikely to be easier this time around, one investigator indicated to the Center for Public Integrity. The investigator said that militants within Syria — he did not specify which group — are now using oxyacetylene torches to remove the serial numbers from some foreign weapons. They have even added new serial numbers. That makes it more difficult to trace the arms back to their original provider and to attempt to control their flow, the investigator said."
3. Arms are constantly passed between various fighting groups.
"The many foreign weapons within Syria and Iraq are not only ending up with the Islamic State, the report explains. It describes how Kurdish forces have used battles against the militants to restore their own supplies of ammunition.
As if all that bad news weren't bad enough, here's a bonus from one of Conflict Armament Research's earlier reports: The Islamic State appears to possess anti-tank rocket launchers, made in the former Yugoslavia, that it seized from other Syrian rebels.
The Islamic State's weaponry — particularly heavy armaments not documented in the new report — has been a key factor in campaigns like the group's ongoing assault on the Kurdish town of Kobani in Syria."
On Wednesday night, Islamic State fighters launched a renewed assault on the Syrian city of Kobani as at least 21 people were killed amid riots in neighboring Turkey where Kurds rose up against the government for doing nothing to protect their kin, according to Reuters, Renewed assault on Kobani; 21 dead in Turkey as Kurds rise. Heavily outgunned defenders said Islamic Sate militants pushed into two districts of the Kurdish town, despite U.S.led air strikes that the Pentagon acknowledge would not be enough. In Istanbul and Ankara, street battles erupted between Kurdish protestors and police as fallout from the Iraq and Syrian war threatened to unravel the Kurdish peace process. Washington said its war planes hit nine Syrian targets along with coalition ally the United Arab Emirates included six near Kobani and struck five ISIS positions in Iraq. Nevertheless, Kobani remained under intense bombardment from Islamic State emplacements, within sight of Turkish tanks at the nearby frontier that have so far done nothing to help. Asya Abdullah, co-chair of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), told Reuters from inside the town, "Tonight, (Islamic State) has entered two districts with heavy weapons including tanks. Civilians may have died because there are very intense clashes." U.S. officials were quoted voicing impatience with the Turks for refusing to join the coalition against Islamic State fighters who have seized wide areas of Syria and Iraq. Turkey says it could join only if Washington agrees to use force against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Sunni Muslim jihadists fighting him in a three-year-old civil war. Turkey's own Kurds, who make up the majority in the southeast of the country, say President Tayyip Erdogan is stalling while their brethren are killed in Kobani. Others died in clashes between protesters and police in the eastern provinces of Mus, Siirt and Batman. Thirty people were wounded in Istanbul, including eight police officers. Disturbances spread to other countries with Kurdish and Turkish populations. Police in Germany said 14 people were hurt in clashes there between Kurds and radical Islamists. In Turkey, parliament voted last week to authorize cross-border intervention, but Erdogan and his government have so far held back, saying they will join military action only as part of an alliance that also confronts Assad. Erdogan wants the alliance to enforce a "no-fly zone" to prevent Assad's air force flying over Syrian territory near the Turkish border and create a safe area for an estimated 1.2 million Syrian refugees in Turkey to return. While Turkey has taken in the wounded and displaced from Kobani, Turkey has deep reservations about deploying its own army in Syria and beyond being a target for ISIS, Turkey fears being sucked into Syria's three year civil war.
On Friday, the AP reported, Islamic State group shells Syrian border crossing, that the Islamic State group shelled a Syrian border crossing with Turkey to try and capture it and cut off Kobani, a local Kurdish official and Syrian activists said. The official, Idriss Nassan, said Islamic State fighters aim to seize the crossing in order to close the noose around the town's Kurdish defenders and prevent anyone from entering or leaving Kobani. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the militants shelled several areas in Kobani, including the border crossing, which is the town's only gateway to Turkey. Nassan, referring to the Islamic State group by its Arabic acronym, said: "Daesh is doing all it can to take the border crossing point through the farmlands east of the city. They think there might be help (for the Kurdish militia) coming through the crossing so they want to control the border." Meanwhile, Ryan Gorman reports, Iraqi journalist among more than a dozen people executed by ISIS terrorists, a dozens people on Friday evening were executed by ISIS terrorists including an Iraqi journalist and his brother. Raad al-Azzawi, 37, and an Iraqi citizen, was reportedly killed Friday evening near Tikrit for refusing to work for the terror group, according to AFP. His brother and two other civilians were also executed. The cameraman was among about 20 people captured last month in an ISIS raid on Samara, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The execution of an Iraqi journalist is proof ISIS is no longer waging war on just the West, but on anyone who they fear may oppose their attempt to put a stranglehold on the region, according to RSF. U.S. journalists James Foley and Stephen Sotloff, along with a Briton and a French citizen, are among the Westerners also executed by the insurgents. In a statement, U.S. Central Command said the U.S. military conducted on Friday and Saturday six airstrikes against Islamic State militants near Kobani as well as three airstrikes with Dutch militaries against targets in Iraq near Tal Afar and Hit. In multiple airdrops near Baiji, U.S. aircraft delivered 8 tons of ammunition, more than 2,000 gallons (7,800 liters) of water and more than 7,300 halal meals, the statement said. It said Iraqi forces control Baiji, 110 miles (180 km) north of Baghdad, but Islamic State "continues to conduct operations" in the area.


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Ouija doesn't hit theaters until this Friday, but if you are excited about it as we are then you are going to want to watch this video of the cast participating in a spooky seance!
JustJared.com hosted a special screening of the film earlier this month. The cast – Olivia Cooke, Daren Kagasoff, Ana Coto, Shelley Hennig, and Bianca Santos – and some of their celeb friends were in attendance to sit in on a seance together following the movie.
You've got to watch the video to see what happens when The Walking Dead's Emily Kinney asks the Ouija board "Where's Beth?" and so much more. We'll give you a hint… it definitely seems like there were spirits in the room!
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By Dr. Charles Raison
(CNN) — Should primary care doctors routinely screen their patients for suicide risk? In a new report, a panel of federal experts stops short of recommending such screenings, given the current state of our knowledge.
But that report, from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, is easy to misunderstand if you don't read the fine print.
When I first read its one-sentence takeaway, I was outraged. I thought of all the good people I had worked with over the years who killed themselves to escape the anguish of their mental illnesses.
I thought of the fact that suicide is in the top five causes of death for Americans from the teen years through the mid-50s, costing an estimated 1.3 million years of potential life lost before age 85, the task force says, citing statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. And I thought about how after holding steady for about 20 years, suicide rates have risen steadily in the United States since 2005, according to the panel.
Given all this, what could be more reasonable than doctors routinely making sure that their patients are not at risk?
The problem is that there is no evidence that screening would be of any use. Few studies have examined the issue, and those that have don't provide definitive guidance.
But this does not mean the task force — an independent panel of non-federal experts composed of primary care providers — recommends turning a blind eye to suicide risk. Far from it.
In fact, what the task force suggests is that there is something more reasonable than asking everyone about suicide, and that is being careful to ask about people about aspects of their lives that might put them at high risk for suicide and then addressing these risk factors.
Screening for suicide risk factors may include asking about feelings and concerns, as well as the presence of a psychiatric condition, whereas screening for suicide risk usually involves asking directly about suicidal thoughts.
What kinds of information are most helpful for doctors and other clinicians who want to identify people at increased risk for suicide?
Here, the answer is clear. About 90% of people who commit suicide suffer from a serious, diagnosable mental illness, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Because depression is so common, it is by far the leading driver of suicide. But per-person rates of suicide are likely even higher in other mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, which, thankfully, are far less common.
It would be comforting if we could say that the problem of suicide could be largely eliminated if we paid closer attention to people struggling with mental illness. Unfortunately, despite numerous studies over the last generation, we remain unable to predict suicide among those with psychiatric disorders with anywhere near enough accuracy to be of much clinical help.
Having said this, however, we've learned more about things that increase the risk for suicide on a statistical (if not overly practical) basis.
For example, although women make suicide attempts far more frequently than men do, men are far more likely than women to die at their own hand, according to the CDC. Young people are more likely than old people to make suicide attempts, but older people — especially older men — are far more likely to kill themselves. Native Americans and Alaska Natives also have higher rates of completed suicide than other groups in the United States.
There are clinical factors that can also increase the risk for suicide. The most obvious risk factor is voicing suicidal thoughts or plans. The vast majority of people who kill themselves told someone of their feelings before committing suicide. There is a myth that people who talk about suicide aren't likely to do it because if they were serious, they'd be quiet about their plans. In fact, most people who eventually kill themselves have profound ambivalence about it, which often manifests as a cry out to others.
There is another myth that people who make repeated suicide attempts aren't serious about dying and so are at reduced risk of eventually killing themselves. In fact, studies suggest just the opposite. The more often people attempt suicide, the more likely they are to eventually succeed.
Finally, one of the strongest risk factors for suicide is the presence of terrible anxiety/agitation, which can occur during exacerbations of a number of psychiatric conditions or less commonly in response to an overwhelming life event. If someone voices suicidal thoughts or plans when consumed by overwhelming anxiety or agitation, they should be taken with utmost seriousness.
One of the most striking things about the task force's review of suicide prevention is how much less we know about how to treat suicide than we do about how to treat the mental disorders from which it often arises.
What evidence is available suggests that psychotherapy may be more effective than medications for reducing suicidal thoughts and feelings, despite the fact that most studies find medications and psychotherapy to be equally effective for treating depression, which is a primary driver of suicide.
The poet T.S. Eliot once wrote that "Time is no healer," but in the case of suicidal thoughts and feelings, it often is.
This points to the great tragedy of suicide. It is a one-way decision: Once done, it's done. I've treated so many people who attempted suicide, survived and later were so grateful for their lives that I am especially sensitive to how horrible suicide is.
All this points to an important clinical truth: Suicidal thoughts and wishes often pass; completed suicide never does.


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18:51:51 JohnS: Hey, guys.
18:52:07 JohnS: Matt: just got your message. No problem. If I forget, remind me.
18:52:20 Scott Shelhart: Hello
18:52:50 Scott Shelhart: UStream was up for a minute, then gone.
18:53:23 matt montagne: hey all...
18:53:25 matt montagne: thanks JS
18:53:28 matt montagne: appreciate it...
18:53:40 matt montagne: hey scott
18:53:52 Scott Shelhart: Hi Matt
18:54:57 dave: streaming edtechtalk A
18:56:00 Cathy E: echo
18:56:03 Scott Shelhart: Echo on ETTA
18:56:48 Cathy E: both of you
18:56:50 Cathy E: have echo
18:56:56 Scott Shelhart: It is a very clean echo. Nicely done.
18:57:08 Scott Shelhart: :D
18:57:10 matt montagne: indeed a clean echo scott!
18:57:34 matt montagne: sometimes on a mac it is the secquence of events in setting up nicecast
18:57:38 Cathy E: still echo
18:57:52 Scott Shelhart: both
18:57:58 Gary: Ustream or not?
18:58:12 dawn: i have echo too but i did last week to to to to
18:58:32 Cathy E: still echo with just Dave
18:59:06 Scott Shelhart: echo gone
18:59:27 Scott Shelhart: all better
18:59:33 Cathy E: ahhh much better
18:59:51 dawn: :D
19:01:59 JohnS: http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News_and_Events&Template=/CM...
19:02:33 JohnS: http://www.educon22.org/
19:03:17 PeggyG: Hi everyone--great to hear from you since I was afraid everyone was at educon
19:03:30 PeggyG: I spent the weekend participating in Educon virtually
19:05:31 Scott Shelhart: You have to know the destination b4 you decide on a route.
19:05:36 page: Children still need to know how to think.
19:06:47 PeggyG: there are still a lot of schools and districts that haven't gone beyond this
19:07:36 PeggyG: could you agree that if you don't have/do these things you can't move forward?
19:08:38 PeggyG: would love to hear John's response to that
19:08:41 dawn: I agree, technology does not lead classroom. pedagogy does . Do you find AASL standards better?
19:09:21 PeggyG: these are "priorities" and not goals--is there a difference?
19:09:40 matt montagne: that was bill clinton and the eRate project
19:10:26 PeggyG: I just re-watched your video "Challenge" from Africa trip this afternoon, John
19:10:58 JohnS: cool, Peggy. I didn't really intend that for a large audience, but I'm glad you got something out of it.
19:12:06 PeggyG: http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Advocacy/Top_Ten_in_10.htm Read further on this page re Top 10--focus is on effectiveness
19:12:45 PeggyG: I think it was very informative, John and put it on my favorites :-) (your video)
19:12:47 matt montagne: you train people to be creative by giving immersing them in rich environments with tons of interesting learning objects...you also expose them and immerse them in the arts
19:12:55 Gary: Some schools appeaar to attempt to meet some of these goals by banning the use of technology in the classroom (iPods, cell phones, use of social networks, etc).
19:12:57 matt montagne: I'd give every kid in this country a violin before a laptop
19:13:46 PeggyG: commitment to programs and instructional efforts that can have maximum effect on instruction and student outcomes
19:13:50 mrsdurff: love controvery
19:14:01 Scott Shelhart: Hi Durff
19:14:09 mrsdurff: hi scott
19:14:12 dawn: :D
19:14:16 mrsdurff: educon is over boys
19:14:59 PeggyG: the conference is over but the learning and reflection lives on!!!
19:15:08 mrsdurff: true
19:15:36 Scott Shelhart: Thanks Peggy. You reminded me that I still have a reflection to write
19:15:41 matt montagne: that is the wrong question...should every kid have an iPad
19:15:43 PeggyG: every kid in the school shouldn't have everything!!
19:15:49 mrsdurff: how much are iPads?
19:16:02 Scott Shelhart: Twice the price of a netbook
19:16:05 matt montagne: here is a question...are we ready to allow students to create their own hardware learning mashup?
19:16:06 dave: 49-899
19:16:07 mrsdurff: ouch
19:16:08 PeggyG: will look forward to reading your reflection Scott-will it be on your blog?
19:16:12 dave: 499-899
19:16:29 matt montagne: I could see a student using an iPad AND a netbook
19:16:36 PeggyG: I agree Matt
19:16:41 matt montagne: or, a Kindle and a laptop
19:16:44 mrsdurff: every kid should have a world-class education, not necessarily all the new toys
19:16:53 matt montagne: bascially, let kids CHOOSE!!! who cares what we think??
19:17:00 Scott Shelhart: Yep. The entire student teaching experience blogged at http://www.shelhart.blogspot.com/
19:17:04 PeggyG: there are still a number of things missing on the iPad and I would wait for next iteration personally
19:17:20 mrsdurff: i like free
19:17:36 mrsdurff: the iPad is not free
19:17:44 matt montagne: for $800 a kid could get an iPad and a netbook...that is nearly $1200 less than what students at Tablet PC schools use (some tablet PCs cost 2K or more)
19:18:00 PeggyG: I found this live blogging during the iPad announcement very interesting http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/live-blogging-the-apple-product...
19:18:26 Scott Shelhart: itouch+etch-a-sketch
19:18:34 mrsdurff: our school paid $0 for used desktops
19:18:38 dawn: Here is a link with 14 reviews for Ipad... BTW, I see schools going smaller ad cheaper (in the future)
19:18:40 matt montagne: or, some kid might want to get an entry level macbook + an iTouch...again, there are so many ways to skin the cat.
19:18:41 PeggyG: no camera--still or video. I don't like that
19:19:07 Gary: See http://www.gazmaz.com/ (today's entry) for another view - a tool to work with your computer.
19:19:21 Scott Shelhart: I don't think the iPad is sturdy enough to live in a kid's backpack.
19:19:22 matt montagne: Schools should get out of the computer supply business and give families and teachers a credit to buy their own stuff...let them choose. Choice gives way to creativity and innovation
19:19:23 PeggyG: no removable battery for a device that can suck a lot of power
19:19:40 Scott Shelhart: @matt Exactly!
19:19:50 mrsdurff: the kids do matt - called cellphones
19:20:17 PeggyG: needs flash
19:20:27 PeggyG: so many sites on the web use flash
19:20:32 matt montagne: fundamentally the platform is way too closed...awsome hardware, but Apple is acting in a manner that is WAAAAYYY worse than Microsoft back in the day...
19:21:09 mrsdurff: "back in the day" is exactly when?
19:21:19 PeggyG: that's a good summary--you want it to parallel what you have on the computer but not necessarily on the phone
19:21:24 mrsdurff: we are talking about John
19:21:30 bozemanbiology: How is adopting HTML 5 standards closing the system?
19:22:04 matt montagne: @boze...HTML 5 could be an opening for iPad devs, BUT all the VC money is still going into apps devs...
19:22:12 PeggyG: how many schools do you know that are allowing students to connect with their own personal devices at school?
19:22:24 mrsdurff: ours
19:22:28 bozemanbiology: ours
19:22:47 Scott Shelhart: Not ours...yet.
19:22:53 elona: students arebn't allowed to connect their personal devices at my school
19:22:56 matt montagne: what google did with HTML 5 and google voice is incredible! HTML 5 could open up the iPad/iPhone, etc
19:22:58 PeggyG: I would love links that describe this--student personal devices connected to district servers
19:23:08 Gary: @matt - Some schools view them as some ultimate evil.
19:23:22 PeggyG: or connected to school wireless system...
19:23:38 mrsdurff: don;t have a link = IT connects kids laptops
19:23:40 dawn: @peggy kids are not allowed any tech device in my schools
19:24:00 PeggyG: are any of them NOT 1:1 laptop schools where laptops are provided for students?
19:24:08 matt montagne: getting away from standardized hardware is good pedagogy actually
19:24:09 mrsdurff: not 1:1
19:24:15 mrsdurff: not even close
19:24:23 elona: my school is afraid "something"might happennif kids get connected
19:24:26 dawn: huh standardize hardware but noe ISTE ?? Hmmm
19:24:26 matt montagne: getting away from standardized hardware gets us away from "click here" education
19:24:30 PeggyG: @mrsdurff--your school is private, right?
19:24:36 mrsdurff: yes
19:24:58 matt montagne: actually, that should read, "getting away from standardized hardware/software"
19:25:09 PeggyG: put Matt on the skype call :-)
19:25:34 mrsdurff: arrg - Comcast is killing me
19:25:54 matt montagne: instead of, we are all going to use MS Word, it is, we are all going to have a word processor
19:25:57 matt montagne: not saying that dave
19:26:09 PeggyG: I definitely agree with that Matt!
19:26:12 matt montagne: there should be minimum hardware specs for the core device
19:26:13 mrsdurff: I do matt
19:26:18 dave: @matt of course you aren't... i'm just being a jerk :)
19:26:19 Gary: I was subbing in a science class the other day. They were working on science fair projects and I group was having trouble with a topic. After some discussion, they decided, with some encouragement, to investigate how students, teachers, and parents view the use of personal technology in the classroom. Could be interesting in that particular school.
19:26:25 mrsdurff: i leave option open
19:26:25 matt montagne: and then if they want to add an ereader, ipod, a touch, etc...who cares
19:27:11 matt montagne: yeah, that is my hangup with the iPhone centric platform...the tightly vetted app process is bogus
19:27:36 dave: @matt you can always create your own...
19:27:39 bozemanbiology: bit.ly/bozemanhigh
19:27:46 matt montagne: nah, I don't see it that way, Dave...it is good conversation...this stuff just puts a bee in my bonnet as you can see
19:27:53 dave: :)
19:28:07 matt montagne: Android tablets should open things up...looking forwad to that
19:28:11 mrsdurff: we see that matt
19:28:33 JohnS: http://i.gizmodo.com/5458382/8-things-that-suck-about-the-ipad
19:28:43 JohnS: http://mashable.com/2010/01/27/9-upcoming-tablet-alternatives-to-the-app...
19:28:49 dawn: can it beam documents? just wondering
19:28:50 PeggyG: thanks for that link bozemanbiology!!
19:28:58 matt montagne: openness will ultimately prevail...apple can ride the hot app horse while they can, but it won't work forever
19:29:01 Gary: There are going to be many other upcoming alternatives so who knows where this may go http://mashable.com/2010/01/27/9-upcoming-tablet-alternatives-to-the-app...
19:29:01 bozemanbiology: no worries
19:29:35 matt montagne: there are greater SES divides than tech access...some kids have better health care and can get the best glasses
19:29:36 PeggyG: sounds like the argument for school uniforms--bridge the divide
19:30:11 matt montagne: so the poor kid with a flip and a netbook who makes the viral video gets all the social cred while the rich kid with the heavy macbook pro types away on MS Word...so what
19:30:45 Gary: @John - sorry - we posted the same article about the same time.
19:30:57 mrsdurff: matt that is where we come in
19:30:59 PeggyG: oh no--core knowledge??!!
19:31:01 Scott Shelhart: I don't need to know.....google knows.
19:31:27 matt montagne: fact of the matter, for less than 1K a kid can have an awsome computer and an eReader or iTouch or something...that is INCREDIBLE to me!
19:31:50 mrsdurff: i lost a job by using dave's argument
19:32:08 PeggyG: David Jakes focused his preso at Educon on 5 core essentials!! not core knowledge
19:32:43 mrsdurff: we should know how to find the closest Starbucks
19:33:24 PeggyG: we don't have to remember that @mrsdurff--just speak it into google search on iphone :-)
19:33:32 Scott Shelhart: Social discourse is a dying art.
19:33:37 mrsdurff: exactly
19:33:45 mrsdurff: just how to find
19:33:46 matt montagne: @peggy...I like the way David approached that...definitely has merit
19:34:05 PeggyG: I thought so too--he shared some excellent resources
19:34:21 PeggyG: http://jakes.editme.com/educonlearnspace
19:34:53 PeggyG: yes! information literacy!!
19:35:22 dawn: critical literacy is very important.
19:35:32 mrsdurff: yes it is
19:35:52 JohnS: So Long, And No Thanks for the Externalities: The Rational Rejection of Security Advice by Users: http://www.nspw.org/papers/2009/nspw2009-herley.pdf
19:36:07 JohnS: Security Now 229: The Rational Rejection of Security Advice: http://twit.tv/sn229
19:36:26 Scott Shelhart: Point taken. Would like to discuss it more sometime.
19:36:33 Gary: I remember a much early episode where Dave was very passionate about this - he is being consistent. Deja vu all over again!
19:36:59 Gary: earlier
19:37:00 matt montagne: well, good conversation...the iPad certainly brings up all sort of interesting issues...
19:37:26 mrsdurff: hey kim
19:37:36 kcaise: hi everyone
19:37:47 matt montagne: not to mention it makes the girls at my school squeamish when they hear "iPad" --
19:37:52 matt montagne: :-)
19:37:59 mrsdurff: ty for that
19:38:14 PeggyG: Hi Kim
19:38:28 kcaise: hi Peggy!
19:38:28 matt montagne: hey Kim
19:38:59 mrsdurff: bank of america. we want your money. com ?
19:39:16 dawn: Here is a great link on [b]critical literacy[/b] from Dr. Luke Alan. It is a video. http://www.curriculum.org/secretariat/may31.shtml
19:39:22 kcaise: hey matt!
19:39:27 mrsdurff: ty dawn
19:40:28 PeggyG: Dawn-do you think the points in his webcast are still current since it was created in 2007? Just interested... so much is changing
19:41:45 dave: http://www.futuregov.net/articles/2010/jan/25/asian-schools-automate-att...
19:41:55 matt montagne: J schink describes a problem that google chrome as an OS is set out to fix...chrome OS almost becomes a solid state computing component
19:42:02 PeggyG: that was such an interesting point John!! paying by minute for updates!
19:42:51 dawn: @peggy good question it is a good link..he talks about children needing to be raised with an awareness of media literacy, phone, websites...I think many educators are still realizing the BROAD definitions of literacy,,,still very useful
19:43:06 PeggyG: thanks! great to hear!!
19:43:28 Scott Shelhart: We use cards in k-12
19:43:38 mrsdurff: we use pins
19:43:42 dawn: Walt disney world swipes fingers too
19:44:09 Scott Shelhart: I like RFID.
19:44:19 JohnS: Yes, Dawn. They want to make sure you're not sharing your card.
19:44:37 Scott Shelhart: Automatic attendance with RFID
19:44:51 dawn: In the movies they scan eyeballs...good grief
19:45:12 mrsdurff: this is so factuory like
19:45:12 JohnS: Yes, Scott. But that's back to keeping track of where cards are, not where kids are.
19:45:13 PeggyG: what if you could track students who actively participate and contribute in class with those cards :-) more valuable than just knowing if their body is in the room...
19:45:14 mrsdurff: yup
19:45:15 Gary: Maybe we need an implanted chip in each student? :D
19:45:22 mrsdurff: dave is right
19:45:28 dawn: :D
19:45:32 sheila: Can you use fingers when dealing with peanut allergies in the lunch room?
19:45:45 Scott Shelhart: Good point Sheila
19:45:46 mrsdurff: now that might be useful
19:46:07 sheila: Who had the peanut butter stained hand 3 people beforehand?
19:46:15 PeggyG: funny Sheila!!
19:46:19 matt montagne: there is an iPhone app to track your kids...I can't imagine the underground economy that that would create with kids...I could see some innovative kid running a business where she/he would hang at the coffee shop all saturday night with a kid's phone so the kid could go hit the party
19:46:30 Scott Shelhart: Maybe we should teach them how to be honest and responsible........naw, that wont work
19:46:35 dave: @durff did you just agree with me again?
19:46:39 PeggyG: love it Scott!!!!
19:46:41 mrsdurff: when i attended school in Germany, we all went home for lunch. No worries over this
19:46:45 dawn: @sheila all PB is banned, and kiwi, and shellfish and and
19:46:50 matt montagne: @scott...exactly!
19:46:50 mrsdurff: yes dave i did
19:46:54 Gary: Similar to what kids do now to get around the "walled-gardens" that are set up on school networks.
19:47:08 sheila: So no lunch at lunch! :)
19:47:16 matt montagne: I'm going to install radar on my home for my kids...then I'm going to get some night vision goggles
19:47:18 mrsdurff: even better - ask the kids
19:47:22 dawn: :D
19:47:25 PeggyG: responsible digital citizenship!! so much better than blocking and tracking!
19:47:51 matt montagne: maybe I might get some heat imaging equipment as well...and aerial surveilance
19:47:54 PeggyG: funny Matt! that will change over time...
19:48:15 dawn: you should see how long it takes to take lunch orders! so many thins eat up time
19:48:25 dawn: *things
19:48:26 Gary: A trick for older teenagers - put on the home security system while they are out and you can go to sleep and know when they get home late.
19:48:40 PeggyG: yes--Stager talked about all of the dead time in schools at Educon!
19:48:43 mrsdurff: shhh!
19:49:01 mrsdurff: gary is giving away our tricks
19:49:23 matt montagne: @peggy...there isn't only dead time for students...teachers as welll...I just think of all that latent energy in the various meetings I'm in...wow
19:49:24 Gary: @durff - how many high school students are in this chat?
19:49:37 mrsdurff: hard to tell
19:49:52 mrsdurff: you might be one
19:49:54 PeggyG: absolutely!! dead time for all--even principals!
19:50:00 mrsdurff: i might be one
19:50:03 dawn: i was there in 2007....
19:50:06 mrsdurff: matt for sure
19:50:19 PeggyG: didn't know that rationale for Disney fingerprints--very interesting
19:50:57 Scott Shelhart: Liked the format. Good show
19:50:57 matt montagne: @durff peggy...I think I struggle with meetings now because I've been in these formats for too long...If I have something on my mind, I don't have to wait my turn to say it.
19:51:02 mrsdurff: don't go to Disney dave
19:51:07 PeggyG: how many people know they can refuse to have their fingerprint used??
19:51:31 Gary: @durff - a number of times over.
19:51:35 mrsdurff: isn't that annoying?
19:51:45 kcaise: good point sheila.
19:51:47 matt montagne: Dave...we gotta get you earthcasting to talk about the local growers network that you helped establish
19:51:48 PeggyG: good point Matt--I have a hard time holding my questions in f2f meetings too!!
19:51:57 matt montagne: Thanks for plug, JS...that was great...appreciated
19:52:32 PeggyG: everyone come to our next planning/brainstorming meeting on ETT Sunday Feb 7 right after Conversations
19:52:41 mrsdurff: tweet it
19:52:56 Scott Shelhart: What?
19:53:00 PeggyG: excellent John!! sounds great!
19:53:03 matt montagne: @peggy...yes, that is my struggle!
19:53:07 Gary: @JohnS - your twitter name?
19:53:12 matt montagne: good show you two!!!
19:53:18 matt montagne: nice conversation...good stuff!
19:53:20 JohnS: @schinker on twitter
19:53:21 PeggyG: babbling was fine and thought provoking
19:53:21 mrsdurff: clap clap clap
19:53:26 mrsdurff: we're not
19:53:28 Scott Shelhart: Good show
19:53:30 Connie Sitterley: We like the babbling
19:53:41 sheila: Thanks all!
19:53:44 mrsdurff: didn't he just move?
19:53:44 dawn: nice show,,, but no pictures tonight?
19:53:47 kcaise: nite all
19:53:49 Gary: Thanks again.
19:53:53 PeggyG: thanks all!
19:54:04 mrsdurff: see ya!
19:54:17 PeggyG: no I was listening to you!!!!
19:54:23 matt montagne: how was producer??
19:54:30 matt montagne: are you going to buy the pro, Dave??
19:54:35 matt montagne: do you think the pro is workth it??
19:54:44 matt montagne: what do you like about the pro versus the free??
19:54:47 matt montagne: more cameras??
19:55:04 matt montagne: I'm seriously thinking about producer as well...
19:55:12 matt montagne: wow...
19:56:17 matt montagne: that you are purchasing...it is expensive!!!
19:56:28 PeggyG: no WOW is next week
19:56:43 matt montagne: But I'm thinking about it too...so I look forward to your reviews of ustream broadcaster pro
19:57:22 matt montagne: I saw that, John...you have to cut the budget...what are you looking at first for cuts, John??
19:57:39 matt montagne: what is the low hanging fruit for district tech cuts??
19:57:45 PeggyG: there were some great special ed sessions at Educon this weekend
19:58:23 PeggyG: post show conversation is always interesting!! :-)
19:58:27 JohnS: @matt it's school-district-wide. Cutting bussing, increasing class sizes, laying off teachers, cutting gifted, cutting extracurriculars
19:58:33 matt montagne: john, this might make for a good topic for an upcoming show...tech department budget cuts...
19:58:48 PeggyG: yes I second that! everyone is dealing with it!
19:58:59 Scott Shelhart: Not a good time to be getting my teaching credentials, eh?
19:59:01 matt montagne: @js...wow, I don't like to hear those stories
19:59:12 matt montagne: I'd hire you scott
19:59:26 PeggyG: you'll be hired Scott!! no fears!
19:59:32 matt montagne: are you in the job market scott??
19:59:45 Scott Shelhart: Thanks Matt! Many people tell me as a male elementary teacher I'll have no trouble.
19:59:47 matt montagne: do you get your credential at the end of the year??
20:00:10 PeggyG: strike while the iron is hot, Matt!!! :-)
20:00:35 Scott Shelhart: MAYBE by the end of 2010, but being ready in the fall of 2011 is more realistic. Just started the first of my student teaching
20:00:35 matt montagne: exactly, Peggy!
20:00:38 JohnS: Actually, Matt, I've been VERY lucky in my dept. So I'm keeping my head down.
20:00:46 matt montagne: gotcha, Scott
20:00:55 Scott Shelhart: ...but I am open to relocating.
20:01:02 JohnS: I've only had 10% budget reductions, meaning delays in upgrades. I haven't lost any staff (though I also haven't added staff I've needed).
20:01:05 PeggyG: yes John--stay off the radar!
20:01:09 JohnS: A show about this would be very depressing.
20:01:49 PeggyG: no more depressing than the state of the economy in general--not good times
20:02:00 matt montagne: @js...well, you've been clearly smart about initiatives asw well...I haven't heard of you leadin gthe charge to buy blackboard, etc...you're being smart and choosing lower cost solutions
20:02:39 PeggyG: Yes Scott-keep your options open! California is very nice :-)
20:02:45 JohnS: yeah. I'm a big believer in collaboration & open source, so I try to use those solutions if I can. Almost all of our server sw is foss (email, file sharing, web/blog, lms, etc)
20:03:11 PeggyG: that sounds like job security to me John :-)
20:03:35 matt montagne: that adds up, John...I hope you the higher ups appreciate that-no fun tooting your own horn, but that is a significant savings right there...
20:03:47 JohnS: Perhaps. I'm not worried about the job, but I do think they recognize that cuts in tech staffing would be very detrimental to the school district.
20:04:14 JohnS: @matt I don't really talk about it. But I also don't ever pay for client access licenses for anything. That's really nice.
20:04:17 PeggyG: that's not insignificant! we have some districts that completely eliminated tech depts
20:05:12 matt montagne: alright, folks...gotta run...good conversation all.
20:05:16 PeggyG: night all
20:05:22 Scott Shelhart: night friends
20:05:44 JohnS: Thanks, everyone. Have a great week


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BELMAR, N.J. — Tom Rogers is usually $15,000 to $20,000 in a hole this time of year, having laid out that much cash to stock supplies for his oceanfront food court in New Jersey.
But not this year.
The unseasonably warm winter and spring thus far has boosted his business 30 percent over a normal year. And that puts him in excellent shape for the summer season.
"We've been here 18 years, and this is the best spring we've ever had," Rogers said. "The difference between a good year and a great year is getting stuff done early, and this year, we're getting it done.
"I call it the 100 Days War," he said. "Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, we have about 100 days to make money. Anytime you get extra time to add to that, it makes it so much easier."
Many beachfront merchants up and down the Jersey shore report their businesses are up 30 to 40 percent over the levels they normally experience between their late winter openings to just before Memorial Day.
And they have Mother Nature to thank. The January-through-April period in New Jersey was the warmest on record, dating back to 1895, said state Climatologist David Robinson. There were three days in March when the mercury hit or exceeded 80 degrees, and April had four. In fact, on April 16, weather stations in five counties registered a temperature of 91 degrees.
And that brought out the strollers and shoppers.
Brent Hanley, who owns the Shirt Shack T-shirt and sweat shirt store on the Ocean City boardwalk, says his business is up 40 percent this year because warmer weather has brought more customers out earlier than usual.
"Last year was the worst: the whole month of April it seemed like it rained and May was pretty bad too," he said. "I do think people are in a better mood when it's sunny and warm. And when they're in a better mood, they buy more stuff."
The early business has the added benefit of giving merchants an early peek at emerging trends.
"It's great for us because it gives us an early idea of what's going to sell this year," Hanley said. Early favorites include T-shirts and sweat shirts with the Ocean City name heat-sealed to the front, and "Jersey Shore"-themed clothing tied into the MTV show.
On an 82-degree mid-April day, retiree Lou Farina of Edison came to the beach for an ice cream cone — something he doesn't usually do until the thick of summer. And the family of 4-year-old Gavin Rivera of Matawan was in Belmar for an early vacation. All made their way into Rogers' ice cream shop, which also saw its share of beachgoers tracking sand through the front door, wearing dripping wet bathing suits.
Sayuri Torrealba, a saleswoman at a clothing boutique on the Belmar boardwalk, said her business is up 30 percent due to the weather.
"This time last year, we weren't even open," she said. "But there are so many people on the boardwalk already, how could we not? People are coming in a lot more."
Jack Laniado picked the perfect time to open a swimsuit store on the Belmar beachfront: right at the start of a nearly a week of temperatures in the 80s in April.
"I'm shocked at the numbers we're doing," he said. "It's like, from God."
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Did I ever tell you about how terrified I was of moles when I was a kid? Oh man, I was. I really was. I think I saw a mole once above ground, and according to my parents I spent the day shouting "Mole! Mole!" and running and hiding. Burrowing little MF-er scared the pants off of me.
I don't really feel that way about moles anymore. And what lingering animosity I may feel has been erased by Super Mole Escape for iPad and iPhone. In the game, you play as a mole who has escaped from prison by—what else?—digging. Except you don't actually control the digging—the player moves from the top of the screen to the bottom, and your mole digs ever-downward as you tilt the device to keep him on the finest, fastest dirt.
So, it's something like Jetpack Joyride, except that instead of going from left to right, you're falling from top to bottom. The game winds up feeling something like bowling—there are diamonds that you can pick up, and packages that contain power-ups, all of which help you go faster and dodge hazards. And you better not get slowed down too much, or the cops will catch up to you.
I had a total blast playing Super Mole Escape, far more fun than I thought I would—something about the pace of the game makes it always exciting, and every close encounter with the cops feels close. The downhill momentum is well-designed and feels good, and the inclusion of a multiplayer mode (you can race alongside another mole via an internet connection!) feels like icing on the cake.
Seriously. Fun game. It's a buck. Check it out. You'll never look at moles the same way again.
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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) wants the commission to come up with a list of recommendations that the new president who takes office in January 2009 "can pick up and run with right away," said James Lewis, director of the CSIS Technology and Public Policy Program. The commission, made up of 32 cybersecurity experts, plans to finish its work by the end of 2008. I am fairly confident that nothing of value will come from this group, but there is one task which could completely reverse my opinion. Rather than wasting time on recommendations that will probably be ignored, how about taking a step in a direction that will have real impact: security metrics. That's right. Spend the first day (or two, if you are a slow reader or can't sit still for long periods) reading Andy Jaquith's book. Next, and this is the crucial part:
Figure out how to play and score the game before you pretend to think you can improve the score.
What does this mean? Just a few ideas include:
- Propose definitions for security, risk, threat, vulnerability, inside threat, external threat, and all the other words we use yet upon which we never agree. Hold hearings and invite real security people (not just digital security people) to express their views.
- Propose some metrics and see how other operations define success. Hold hearings on the results of that process.
- Apply metrics to some real organizations and gain a baseline set of numbers. Repeat the process at determined time intervals. Try to identify correlations and if possible causations. Be anonymous if necessary, but use a real methodology and not the self-selection applied by CSI/FBI and others.
Do you see where I am going here? At the end of the process we could have a framework for seeing just what is happening. I defy anyone to tell me just how bad or good our digital security situation is right now. Some say the sky is falling, others say we're happy! happy!, others say we're just as secure as we need to be to continue limping along. It is a proper role for a panel of worthies to help figure out how the game is played and then what the score is. It is a waste of time to make recommendations before those basic steps have been taken.


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The Jewelled Staircase
In 1955, a geshe from Drepung Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet arrived in the United States. He founded the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in North America and was to become one of the main forces in the newly developing awareness of Tibetan Buddhism in America. Geshe Wangyal's early students have in turn become leading Buddhist scholars and practitioners. During the 28 years that the late Geshe Wangyal taught in the United States, he emphasized the need for a firm basis in the fundamentals of Buddhist doctrine. In the last seven years of Geshe-la's life, he worked tirelessly on this his final book, which reflects his main goal of presenting in a clear and precise way the essential topics for new Buddhists of Western countries. The Jewelled Staircase is his legacy to us--the culmination of his life's work.


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Toyota Estima (ACR50W/GSR50W/AHR20W). 2006 to date (prod. n/a). 5-door minivan. F/F, 2362 cm³ petrol, 2362 cm³ petrol–electric hybrid (I4 DOHC), 3456 cm³ (V6 DOHC). Third generation of Estima minivan, with four-cylinder model available with both standard and electric hybrid powertrains. Standard four criticized for lacking power and torque. Sharper, evolved styling compared with its predecessor. Sold in most export markets as the Toyota Previa, and in Australia as the Toyota Tarago, a nameplate dating back to the 1980s. Facelift in 2016, with redesigned interior to incorporate new technologies.
Marque: Toyota | Model: Toyota Estima | Predecessor: Toyota Estima (2000–6)
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Echinodorus cordifolius ( L. ) Griseb 's flower close up … Chụp gần, hoa của cây Từ Cô lá tim ….
A few nice oriental sword images I found:
Echinodorus cordifolius ( L. ) Griseb 's flower close up … Chụp gần, hoa của cây Từ Cô lá tim ….
Image by Vietnam Plants & America plants
Vietnamese : Từ Cô lá tim, Từ cô kiểng
English names : Spade Leaf Sword, Creeping burrhead
Scientist name : Echinodorus cordifolius (L.)Griseb
Synonyms : E. radicans (Nuttall) Engelmann; Alisma cordifolia Linnaeus
Family : Alismataceae. Họ Từ Cô
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Từ cô lá tim: Echinodorus cordifolius (L.) Griseb- Họ : Alismataceae
Khi trưởng thành, cây có chiều cao từ 40-60cm. Lá có màu xanh sáng, bóng, hình ovan hơi tròn, chóp nhọn hình mác, đáy hình tim, dài 10-12cm, rộng 7-9 cm. Lá tròn và rộng hơn khi sống chìm dưới nước. Hoa : tụ tán trên 1 phát hoa dài 60-80cm, phát hoa có khoảng 3-9 vòng hoa, mỗi vòng hoa có từ 3-15 chiếc. Hoa màu trắng với 3 cánh hoa rời. Cây thích hợp đất với nhiều mùn và có thể chịu bóng một phần với độ sâu tối đa khoảng 15cm.
Common names
Spade Leaf Sword, Creeping burhead
E. radicans (Nuttall) Engelmann; Alisma cordifolia Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 343. 1753
Found in wetlands in Mexico and North America In USA it occurs in the southeastern states, to Virginia, Illinois and Texas. It is also found in Mexico and the northern states of South America.
Ecological aspects
Found in marshes, swamps and ponds. Blooms in the late summer to early fall.
Herbs, perennial, stout, to 100 cm; rhizomes present. Leaves emersed, submersed leaves mostly absent; petiole 5–6-ridged, 17.5–45 cm; blade with translucent markings distinct lines, ovate to elliptic, 6.5–32 ´ 2.5–19.1 cm, base truncate to cordate. Inflorescences racemes, of 3–9 whorls, each 3–15-flowered, decumbent to arching, to 62 ´ 8–18 cm, often proliferating; peduncles terete, 35–56 cm; rachis triangular; bracts distinct, subulate, 10–21 mm, coarse, margins coarse; pedicels erect to ascending, 2.1–7.5 cm. Flowers to 25 mm wide; sepals spreading, 10–12-veined, veins papillate; petals not clawed; stamens 22; anthers versatile; pistils 200–250. Fruits oblanceolate, plump, 3–4-ribbed, abaxially 1-keeled, 2–3.5 ´ 0.9–1.5 mm; glands 3–4; beak terminal,1–1.3 mm. 2n = 22.
Echinodorus cordifolius is very easily determined, as it is the only species with arching to decumbent inflorescences. In addition, it is the only one with papillate veins on the sepals.
Easily cultivated in neutral to soft water and tropical to sub-tropical temperatures. Rich substrate and good light. Common in the cultivated aquarium trade.
Emersed plants readily produce flowers and seeds but it can be grown submersed as well. Most plants sold are grown emersed on plant farms. Once submerged, leaves may die off before underwater leaves develop. In the aquarium grow in the background as a specimen plant. Will soon outgrow a smaller aquarium but removing the floating leaves will help keep it smaller and submerse. Needs a large, deep aquarium to grow properly. CO2 infusion helps stronger growth. A heavy feeder and for optimum growth a rich substrate is needed, including clay. If grown emerse it is prone to attacks by aphids. Not fussy as to water conditions, tropical aquarium temperatures. Can be grown outdoors in warmer countries, won't tolerate frost. Likes a lot of light.
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The Mud King : Echinodorus cordifolius, Tropical Fish Hobbyist, October 2007, vol LVI (2) #619
Indian swords
Image by A.D. Isaac
As in Europe, Indians of high birth carried ornamented swords as a mark of rank. These exquisite blades have scabbards covered with velvet. The handles are probably made from elephant ivory, if I had to guess. The lighting in the Oriental arms area was absolutely horrible for photograhpy, and the unfortunate consequence of this is that the image is somewhat muddy.


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[Intro: Lil Wayne & B.G.]
Say Weezy (Whats Hannin?)
Can they remember me?
Lil Weezy
Make 'em remember (Haaa!) ya, nigga
Let these niggas know your (Look!) background, nigga (Look!)
Let 'em (Look!) know your (Look!) background!
Let 'em know how you've been thuggin
[Verse 1]
All I was taught was murder murder
Kill drama, and nothin' less
I strap tha Smith-Wess, and bust.. it in they chest
I had ta hustle hustle hustle hustle
Grind and struggle for success
Hid grams in girls' breasts, stick bricks.. under they dress
Them niggas there with big Willy
Me, I'm full of that dilly
Hope when I catch them slippin'
Him and they daddy's trippin'
Shorty can hold it down
Shorty be totin' rounds
Smellin' like a pound on school grounds
Shorty, wow
Hair... all over my head
Bandana 'round my braids
Eyes bloodshot red
Briches down to my legs, guns up in my trench
When niggas play, they get drenched
My pockets is full of lint
So, nigga, stay off the bend, I'm young with bad nerves
Since I lost my father, I've been troubled hurt and disturbed
So Ion even hesitate to leave 'em on tha curb
And wet them niggas shirt, nigga, get 'em for them birds
Tell them niggas, Geezy!
Remember he? Tha little G, never die
Took one to tha chest, but Weeze Wee never die
Remember he? Tha little G, never die
Have B.Geezy on his side, so Weezy Wee never die
Lil' Weezy Wee... had ta steal, hustle, and jack
Weezy Wee roll with K's, Glocks, and MAC's
Tha little G, he was raised keepin' it real
That's my lil' nigga, I taught him to get it how he live, nigga
[Verse 2]
Look, look
At times I forgot tha bills
Ain't been home in two weeks
Macita lookin' for me
Tha word all over tha streets
Well, shiiit! I love my momma
But all I got ta offer is drama, and many problems
I lay back in tha cut
These niggas out and I rob 'em, they ain't spin around here
We all alone on my block like nobody live 'round here
The lights got cut off at my house, and now I'm lookin' for a win-dow
I can't see it, I don' dropped my pile on tha floor
They got some niggas stuntin' in Benz, hey man, them boys ain't riders
*gun cocks* Hand it over, partna, my feet done got tired (Break it off)
Well, picture this, I gotta call from this ole' nigga Beatrice
He said he got that work, and needed me to make it happen (Make it happen)
Well Nigga, shit you hold it down when something shakin, daddy (What?)
Within a week he changed his mind, and... received tha package (What?)
Oh well... back to tha drawin' board (Board)
Cowards start hollerin' cause (Weezy) they know I'm comin' for it
[Verse 3]
Lemme tell 'em
You remember that there nigga use ta be thuggin' it out (Out!)
Blunt in his mouth, would stayed masked up in the drought
Run in your house, "Lay down! Nobody move! (Move!)
Tell that slut go get your stash, and empty your pockets, fool!"
That's how it was... crime, struggle, drivin' for scrubs
Lots of thugs... make niggas count the ants in the mud
Some niggas choose ta come back for me, ride around my set for me
Might start jackin' because I got that SKS with me
!Okay! (!okay!)
Listen, all you ballin' niggas betta !relocate! (!'locate!)
Cause, see, ya'll got it
I gotta make my cheese !rotate! (!rotate!)
And Right now I'm doin' bad
So just give me with whatever you have, my stomach hurt, I need a bag
I'm street-livin'... week for week
No-sleep livin'
Look outside ya window in tha mornin', your jeep missin'
My heat sizzlin'
I'm ready to sweep these niggas
Geezy... make 'em remember Weezy, nigga!
(Hook 2x)
Look, remember that?
[Lil Wayne]
Huh? Wuz up, (Are you rememberin', Me B.Geezy?)
I remember you, nigga, we go way back to True Story, (Now) nigga, ya heard
[Lil' Wayne]
Look, you don't remember me?
I remember ya, nigga
[Lil' Wayne]
I was.. I was (You were doggin') a bad lil nigga... (You were a lil' donkey) Holly


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"We sit there for awhile and another man comes in and says he's been waiting for an hour and wondering where they were, and we overheard them say Megabuses have been canceled until Wednesday," said Bray, who's trying to get to Columbus. "They were rescheduled until Thursday at 10 p.m., so I'll be getting home at like 8 a.m. Friday."
Megabus VP of marketing Mike Alvich said roads across the Midwest have been too unsafe to travel, and that passenger safety is first priority.
Alvich said standard procedure is to immediately text or email people with changes, and he's not sure what happened in Bray's case.
"I feel like they could have let people know sooner and tried to figure out better than they are," Bray said. "I've missed two days, going on three days of work now."
Megabus service won't start up until after 9 p.m. Tuesday, as trapped drivers and buses are re-positioned.
Megabus Cancellations Leave Passengers Stranded
Megabus service won't start up until after 9 p.m. Tuesday
Megabus riders were among the hundreds of people stranded this week due to the frigid temperatures.


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Hotel Park View
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Hotel Park View Double Room
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Originally built in 1928, the Park View reopened in March 2002 after a thorough restoration. Located in a historical surrounding which includes the newly renovated Museum of Fine Arts, the former Presidential Palace, and the well-known Prado Promenade, the Park View Hotel was one of the first hotels built with American capital.
It was one of the most luxurious hotels in Havana in the early part of the 20th century. Located in the privileged position where Old and Modern Havana meet, the hotel offers 55 air-conditioned rooms with private bathroom, satellite TV, local and international telephone, safety deposit box and mini bar.
Its perfect location and decoration make this hotel the perfect place for enjoyment and rest.
© 2009 Nigel Hunt
Not Reviewed By Nigel Yet
24 hour reception
Air conditioning
Breakfast - à la carte
Breakfast - buffet
Car rental desk
Daily newspapers
Elevators / lifts
Hotel was recently renovated
International cuisine
Internet on hotel's PCs
Lobby bar
Luggage storage
Malecon max 5min walk
Mastercard & Visa (not USA bank issued) accepted
Nightclub nearby
Nursery services
Old building restored
Post office
Reception staff speak Spanish, English, French, German, Italian
Safety - uniformed security personnel 24hrs
Shoe cleaning
Shops max 2min walk
Taxis desk
Telephone - national & international calls
Tours & tourist information desk
TV room/bar (international channels & videos)
Voltage 110/120
The 55 rooms at the Hotel Park View are smallish but light, clean and pleasant. Some of them have views over the rooftops of Centro Habana to the sea. Bathrooms are fairly Spartan, tending to feature showers rather than baths, but are clean and perfectly functional. The cots supplied for visiting infants are of very good quality, unlike the ancient collapsing disasters which with harassed parents have to do battle in some Cuban hotels. Hair-dryes are available on request. Only 15 of the rooms have matrimonial beds. The other 40 rooms are twin bedded.
© 2009 Nigel Hunt
110 volt outlets
Air conditioning
Baby's cot (on request)
Balcony (subject to availability)
Bathroom (ensuite)
Double bed
Hot & cold water
In-room safe
King size bed
Minibar / Fridge
Satellite TV
Twin beds
More Hotels in Old Havana:
UK Sales :: Audrey :: +44 20 7498 8555 or 0800 298 9555
USA & Canada Sales :: Jeffery or Bastien :: Toll Free 888 361 9555
Havana Tourist Center :: Idelsis :: +53 7 863 9555
(less than 10 days)